45:9-27.5 - Definitions - New Jersey Statutes

45:9-27.5.  Definitions
    As used in this act:

    a.   "Physician or surgeon"  means a person licensed or permitted to practice medicine or surgery in this State.

    b.   "Contingent fee arrangement"  means an agreement for medical services of one or more physicians or surgeons, including any associated or forwarding medical practitioners, under which compensation in whole or in part is contingent upon the successful accomplishment or disposition of the legal claim  to which such medical services are related.

     L.1975, c. 240, s. 1, eff. Oct. 24, 1975.